So I'm at work and a co worker of mine walks by and says "So Pacquaio is..."

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  1. esconore

    esconore Active Member Full Member

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    Fighting some bum"

    I said "Clottey is a good fighter" but of course the casual fan says "no he's not"...At that point I did the double face palm and realized what sour taste this leaves in casual fans.
    :patsch

    Anybody else come across casual fan-syndrome yet?
     
    esconore, Jan 12, 2010
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  2. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    ya i got a text last night from a friend who doesnt know about boxing at all but he was at work then shoots me a text

    "who the hell is joshua clottey?"

    lol... i told him and then he was like... meh, whatever.
     
    kirk, Jan 12, 2010
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  3. Kid Cuba

    Kid Cuba Boxing Junkie banned

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    Clottey is no bum or cherry-picked fighter but IMO Pacquiao could have done abit better like Bradley or the winner of Khan/Maidana.
     
    Kid Cuba, Jan 12, 2010
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  4. Chris85

    Chris85 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Link them to youtube clottey-cotto fight.

    They should be able to gauge from there.
     
    Chris85, Jan 12, 2010
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  5. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Thats just the general public where i live though for you, trust me they dont know who anyone is outside of

    Mayweather
    Pac
    Cotto
    Hatton
    Mosley

    period


    He could be fighting Paul Williams and they would have said the same thing
     
    kirk, Jan 12, 2010
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  6. oibighead

    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    lots of my friends, most very casual fans, see it as manny not wanting to get caught taking drugs because he walked away from $40 mill.

    and yes they think clotteys a bum....which he isnt
     
    oibighead, Jan 12, 2010
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  7. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Clottey isn't a bum...but to go from Mayweather Jr to Clottey would be like going from a Mercedes Benz to a Pinto.
     
    Arriba, Jan 12, 2010
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  8. Kid Cuba

    Kid Cuba Boxing Junkie banned

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    I'd say more Mercedes Benz to a Taurus.
     
    Kid Cuba, Jan 12, 2010
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  9. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fair enough...but you're paying the same price for the Taurus that it would cost to buy the Benz.
     
    Arriba, Jan 12, 2010
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  10. Kid Cuba

    Kid Cuba Boxing Junkie banned

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    True.
     
    Kid Cuba, Jan 12, 2010
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  11. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    More like a flat-top to a blow-out
     
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  12. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Would that be a jeri curl flat top?
     
    Arriba, Jan 12, 2010
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  13. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Yes.
     
    KOTF, Jan 12, 2010
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  14. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol:
     
    Arriba, Jan 12, 2010
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  15. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    I have...NOT ALOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO JOSHUA IS...I wanna see how this fight does in ppv buys..if it does a million than we know pac is just as big of a draw as anyone else..if it does horrible than we know Pac isn't what he thinks..

    the casual fan is pretty upset with boxing right now for pac's stupid stunt he pulled with the drug testing...
     
    sdsfinest22, Jan 12, 2010
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